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Sarpanches should work for development of villages: CM K Chandrashekhar Rao

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Hyderabad | Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday said the newly-elected Sarpanches and ward members in the State should work together for the all-round development of villages with the participation of all villagers.

Rao, who had an interactive session with resource persons who would be imparting training to the newly-elected sarpanches and village secretaries, said the state government would provide the required funds and responsibilities to the village panchayats.

Since important activities like drinking water, power supply and roads are directly handled by the state government, the village panchayats should concentrate more on cleanliness, sanitation, greenery and construction of crematoriums, he said.

The chief minister Rao made it clear that the government would be very liberal in devolving and delegating the powers as well as in providing funds, a release from the CM’s office said.

“But at the same time, if either the funds are misused or if they are negligent in discharging their duties, the sarpanches or the secretaries would be suspended in accordance with the provisions of new Panchayat Raj Act,” it said.

Rao also said the resource persons (trainers, who are government employees or from NGOs) should provide necessary understanding and awareness to the sarpanches to work with dedication, it added.

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Maharashtra educationist’s daughter named Sweden PMO advisor

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Ahmednagar | Nila Vikhe Patil, a person of Indian descent, has been named political advisor in the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office.

Patil, 32, daughter of leading educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil, would be working with Stefan Lofven, the Social Democrat leader who was last month elected as Swedish prime minister, leading a Social Democrat-Green Party coalition.

“Nila has been appointed as the Political Advisor to the Prime Ministers Office in charge of Finance and will handle taxes, budgets, financial markets and housing,” her father told PTI.

She has also been elected to the City Council of the Stockholm Municipal Corporation.

Also a Political Advisor in the PMO during the previous government, Nila has been an active member of the Green Party and is a member of the Election Committee of the Stockholm Green Party, he said.

Born in Sweden, Nila spent early years in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra and is the granddaughter of former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil and niece of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree and MBA from Gothenburg School of Business, with Economics and Law and also studied MBA in University de Complutense in Madrid.

Nila has been a member of the Board of the Green Party, Swedish Young Greens, Green Party Gothenburg, Green students of Sweden, and also a member of the executive committee of the Green Party Stockholm, her father said.

Sweden has been on a charm offensive towards India, supporting PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ manufacturing summit with Lofven leading a delegation of the Swedish industry leaders to the launch event in 2016.

India is also an increasingly important market for Sweden, with over 160 Swedish companies now established in the country, said Ashok Vikhe Patil, chairman of the Vikhe Patil Foundation, which runs 102 educational institutes across Maharashtra.

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